Yule River
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The Yule River is a river in the north-west of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located in the Pilbara region.
Geography
The river rises on the Abydos Plain between Chichester Range and Range Mungaroona in the field of Scientific Reserve. It flows in a northwesterly direction through the Yandeyarra reserve Aboriginal and crosses the North West Coastal Highway about 60 km south of Port Hedland. In Cape Thouin leads the Indian into the ocean.
The Yule River spreads on its way to North West more and more in his bed and forms a broad, alluvial floodplain. On the last part of his journey, he is divided into a main arm and the Yule River West Branch. The river forms a large estuary at the mouth with a total area of 31.4 km ².
In drought it may happen that the river up to two years leads no water. Occasionally, however, it also causes flooding. This 1975 was particularly intense during the cyclone Joan the case of pulled over the catchment area of the river. The river discharge at flood peak was estimated to be 22,000 m³ s /.
The water quality of the river varies depending on the water level, but the average turbidity is 187 NTU and the average salinity of 105 mg / l
Tributaries with muzzle heights
- Coorong Creek 256 m
- Coonarrie Creek - 182 m
- Cockeraga River - 182 m
- Pinga Creek - 161 m
- Pilbaddy Creek - 160 m
- Powdar Creek - 138 m
- Mungoona Creek - 136 m
- Pilbara Creek - 117 m
- Friendly Creek - 115 m
- Yule River West Branch - 39 m
Flushed lakes
On his way to the coast of the Yule River flows through several pools which are the majority of the year filled with water:
- Mundabundenoona pool - 110 m
- Kangan pool - 101 m
- Mardagubiddina pool - 63 m
- Moolkamudda pool - 39 m
History
The original owners of the areas on the river was the Aboriginesstamm the Njamal or Nyamal.
1861 drew the explorers and surveyors Francis Gregory on the banks of the river.